What is CVE-2024-53061?

CVE-2024-53061 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.4 onward and patched in 4.19.324, 5.4.286, 5.10.230 and others. CVE-2024-53061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53061?

CVE-2024-53061 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-53061?

Yes, CVE-2024-53061 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.324, 5.4.286, 5.10.230 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-53061 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-53061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-53061

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: s5p-jpeg: prevent buffer overflows The current logic allows word to be less than 2. If this happens, there will be buffer overflows, as reported by smatch. Add extra checks to prevent it. While here, remove an unused word = 0 assignment.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-19

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-191

CVE-2024-53061 is classified as CWE-191

See CWE-191 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.324, 5.4.286, 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.4

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.324 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.286 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.230 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.172 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.117 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.61 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.8 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-53061 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14a22762c3daeac59a5a534e124acbb4d7a79b3a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784bc785a453eb2f8433dd62075befdfa1b2d6fd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a930cddfd153b5d4401df0c01effa14c831ff21e
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-53061

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-19

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53061?

CVE-2024-53061 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.4 onward and has been patched in 4.19.324, 5.4.286, 5.10.230 and others. CVE-2024-53061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53061?

CVE-2024-53061 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-53061?

Yes — CVE-2024-53061 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.324, 5.4.286, 5.10.230 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-53061 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-53061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.